In a deeply unsettling letter to lawmakers Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy, the cousin of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., warned senators to not verify him as President Donald Trump’s choose to steer the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers.
“I’ve identified Bobby my complete life; we grew up collectively,” Caroline Kennedy wrote within the letter, a duplicate of which was obtained by The Washington Post. “It’s no shock that he retains birds of prey as pets as a result of he himself is a predator.”
RFK Jr. is scheduled to testify at a affirmation listening to earlier than the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Caroline Kennedy additionally recalled how her cousin, whom she stated is “hooked on consideration and energy,” used his charisma to pull these round him “down the trail of drug abuse” — and a troubling youthful fascination with violence.
“His basement, his storage, his dorm room had been the facilities of the motion the place medicine had been obtainable, and he loved exhibiting off how he put child chickens and mice within the blender to feed his hawks,” she wrote. “It was usually a perverse scene of despair and violence.”
Her son, Jack Schlossberg, additionally shared a video of her studying the letter:
Along with what she deemed his disqualifying private qualities, Caroline Kennedy argued that RFK Jr. additionally lacks the skilled background to meet the every day duties of the job.
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“He lacks any related authorities, monetary, administration or medical expertise,” she wrote. “His views on vaccines are harmful and willfully misinformed.”
On that second level, Caroline Kennedy famous that whereas RFK Jr. has dabbled in “conspiratorial half-truths” about vaccines and inspired others to not vaccinate their kids, he did vaccinate his personal youngsters.
“Bobby preys on the desperation of oldsters of sick kids,” she wrote, “vaccinating his personal youngsters whereas constructing a following hypocritically discouraging different dad and mom from vaccinating theirs.”
